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From: wcs@ho95e.ATT.COM (#Bill.Stewart)
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Subject: Re: Replacing tabs in vi
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Date: 23 Jan 87 03:52:20 GMT
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Reply-To: wcs@ho95e.UUCP (Bill Stewart 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs HO 2G202)
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In article <3050001@hplsdlw.HP.COM> was@hplsdlw.UUCP writes:
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>randy@tekla.UUCP (Randy Gibbons) asks:
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>> Is there a way in vi to have spaces rather than tabs placed in the
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>text.
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>Unfortunately, vi has an annoying tendency to auto-indent using tabs. I
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>don't know of a way to disable this (mis) feature. However, once the
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>tabs are in the file, you can remove them [.......]
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> ..... !Gcol -x (replace contents of file with detabbed output of col -x)
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(I happen to think tabs are a "good thing"; I'd much rather work in vi
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where you get tabs too often than the rand editor which *always*
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trashes tabs, even if they were in the original file. The usual
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reasons for NOT wanting tabs are that you prefer non-equal tab
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settings, or that you use other programs which don't default right.)
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To make vi not do tabs when you autoindent, do
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:set tabstop=0
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This has the negative effect of displaying files with tabs in them a
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bit weird (i.e. C programs.), but it means that vi will use spaces
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instead of tabs to indent with.
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If your real complaint is that you don't like tab stops of size
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8, you can set ts=4 sw=4 and then print your programs using options to
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expand tabs by +4 (e.g. pr -e4 foo.c)
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--
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# Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs 2G-202, Holmdel NJ 1-201-949-0705 ihnp4!ho95c!wcs
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